Behbud Khan Javanshir

Behbud Khan Javanshir (1877-18 July 1921) was Minister of the Interior of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic from 17 June to 26 December 1918, succeeding Fatali Khan Khoyski and preceding Khalil Bey Khasmammadov.

Biography
Behbud Khan Javanshir was born in 1877 in Azad Qaraqoyunlu, Elisabethpol Governorate, Russian Empire, and he learned English and German while studying overseas. In 1907, he became an engineer in the oil industry and brought German wheat to Karabakh. On 17 June 1918, he was appointed Minister of the Interior of Azerbaijan, and he attempted to reconcile Azerbaijan with Armenia in the aftermath of the Armenian Genocide. After the Soviet Union took over Azerbaijan during the Russian Civil War, Javanshir was made a Soviet ambassador, and he was sent to Constantinople. On 18 July 1921, Javanshir was assassinated by Misak Torlakian of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation, being shot once in the face and twice in the chest as he returned to a hotel with his family.